DCI
Mapping of Eastside Community-Based Organizations
| Beginning in January 2000, Detroit Community Initiative championed a movement to transform neighborhood problem solving in Detroit. At its inception, DCI’s goals were modest – to increase local government attention and services in one of the city’s most troubled areas, an area where DCI has taken the lead in building new affordable housing and promoting quality commercial development for a growing population. DCI’s innovative approach combines traditional community organizing supported by state-of-the art geographic information systems (GIS) technology and the energy and commitment of youth who participate in DCI’s FUTURE LEADERS Summer Program. FUTURE LEADERS prepares neighborhood youth to be leaders within their community by exposing them to the latest computer technology, community issues, problem-solving methods, and entrepreneurial activities. Youth participants receive basic training in GIS technology, complete advanced training for GIS job skills certification, and perform extensive community fieldwork where they collect data on neighborhood housing and environmental conditions. The work of FUTURE LEADERS has led to targeted code enforcement, neighborhood clean-ups, abandoned vehicle removals, building demolitions, community education and successful advocacy by residents for new schools, recreation centers, and businesses. |
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Interactive Adobe Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Maps
1. Community-Based Organizations in NE Detroit
3. Keyhole Byrne Grant Target Area Map
4. Interactive Map: Community-Based Organizations in NE Detroit
Links
http://www.detroitcommunity.org
Project Status
| September 30, 2004 - Database of community orgainzations completed. | |
| October 14, 2004 - Map published to website. | |
| December 10, 2004 - Interactive SVG Map of Eastside CBOs |
For more information, please contact David Martin at 313-577-6564 david.e.martin@wayne.edu